Kaduna ACN to Yakowa: sack your SSG

The Kaduna State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday accused the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Lawal Samaila Yakawada, of undermining the authority of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa.

The party urged the governor to sack him.

In a statement in Kaduna, its Chairman, Mohammed Musa Soba, ACN alleged that Yakawada was positioning himself for the 2015 governorship election.

The party noted that the SSG was playing on ethnic and religious sentiments to oil his political machinery ahead of the 2015 election at the expense of the unity and development of the state.

The statement said: “It is an open secret that Yakawada’s actions and utterances are always at variance with the collective decisions reached by the government he serves, all in an attempt to garner support and sympathy from the populace pursuant to his political project.”

ACN alleged that the SSG was calling clandestine meetings of “trusted” political aides to achieve his 2015 plan.

The party also alleged that the money meant for state projects and security matters were diverted.

It explained that since the SSG could not be trusted to handle state matters without undermining his duties, “we urge you to remove him from office with immediate effect to pave the way for the appointment of a competent person that would assist in surmounting the barrage of socio-economic, political and security problems confronting Kaduna State”.

The statement added: “We have a stake in the Kaduna State project and we will not allow a few people in government to personalise and commercialise the operations of government in a manner that is detrimental to the unity, peace and development of Kaduna State.”